Wednesday, April 25, 2012

THE Aquino administration has finally agreed to create an autonomous
Bangsamoro political entity for the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation
Front that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
In a deal signed by government chief negotiator Marvic Leonen and his
MILF counterpart, Mohagher Iqbal, in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, both
parties agreed that the new autonomous political entity will have a
“ministerial form of government.

The powers to be reserved for the national government are as follows:
defense and external security; foreign policy; common market and global
trade; coinage and monetary policy; citizenship and naturalization; and
postal service.

The power to enter into economic agreements, however, will be transferred to the new Bangsamoro entity..... MORE

"In a deal signed by government chief negotiator Marvic Leonen and his MILF counterpart, Mohagher Iqbal, in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, both parties agreed that the new autonomous political entity will have a “ministerial form of government."

‎"The talk apparently had already revolved around a substate, with a BangsaMoro authority granted a lot of state power and with the government of the Philippines having the authority over national defense, foreign relations, currency and postal services and would still be exercised by the central government."